The Indian squad for the two T20s and first two ODIs against Sri Lanka was announced in Mumbai today. Speedster S Sreesanth was rewarded for his impressive return to international cricket with a berth in both the squads along with Delhi paceman Ashish Nehra and Sudeep Tyagi. Paceman Zaheer Khan and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh have been rested from the T20 squad while Ashok Dinda and R Ashwin have been selected. Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma have been included in the T20 squad but not in the ODI team. The two T20s will be played on December 9 and 12, while the ODI series will begin from December 15.Squad for first two ODIs: MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Sudeep Tyagi, Virat Kohli.Twenty20 squad: MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf Pathan, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda, Sudeep Tyagi, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma.
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